A Mind-to-Mind Meeting

All education in the True, Good, and Beautiful is a gift of common grace. And yet, to be wisely offered, such an education involves a set of definite practices.

Every educational philosophy is based upon an anthropology (an understanding of the nature of persons) and an epistemology (an understanding of the nature of knowledge).

At Ambleside, children are seen as complete persons, bearers of God’s image, who are created for fullness of living. Education is understood as the means of fostering this fullness of living. Children do not naturally live well. To live well, they must be “brought up,” in other words, educated. 

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD,
AND THE WORD WAS GOD
John 1:1

The Nature of Knowledge

The above quote is the first verse of John’s gospel. Consider. What if it is true? What if all things came to be through the eternal Word, the Logos? What if the world is not just a data set, or just a set of atoms following the laws of physics? What if behind all creation lies the Logos, the Divine Mind? And what if we are made to know that Mind? Even more, what if we are also made to know all that He has created, and all that other persons have created. What if it is all part of being created in the Divine image?

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By Dr. Bill St Cyr

Ambleside Schools International